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Herbarium 
The Garden herbarium consists at present of over 184,000 speci- 
mens, including phanerogams, ferns, mosses, liverworts, lichens, 
parasitic and other fungi, algae, and myxomycetes. This collec- 
tion may be consulted from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. by those interested, 
and specimens submitted will be gladly identified. 
Library 
The rapidly growing library of the Garden comprises at present 
over 9,500 volumes and over 6,500 pamphlets. This is not a cir- 
culating library, but is open free for consultation to all persons 
from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. (Saturdays, 9 to 12). Over 675 peri- 
odicals and serial publications devoted to botany and closely related 
subjects are regularly received. 
Children’s Room 
A gift of $1,500 in 1921 from the late Mrs. George D. Pratt, 
supplemented in 1923 by a further gift of $500 from Mr. George 
D. Pratt, has made it possible to provide a beautifully decorated 
room for the use of the Boys’ and Girls’ Club. Any boy or girl 
who is enrolled, or has been enrolled, in any of the children’s 
classes at the Garden is eligible for membership in this club, which 
now numbers about 1,000 active members. The room contains 
shelves for a nature-study library, of which a nucleus has already 
been secured, and is equipped with stereoscopic views, photographs, 
and preserved and living specimens of plant life, for the instruction 
and entertainment of boys and girls. The room is open free to all 
children, Contributions of specimens and of books on nature 
study and closely related subjects will be most welcome. 
